The survey also revealed that we're not as grumpy in the morning as people think, with nearly a fifth of West Midlanders saying they felt happiest in the first few hours of the day.

Simon Frisby, aged 26, from Halesowen, wasn't convinced.

"Not likely! Being happy in the morning depends what you've done the night before," he said. The survey of 1,000 from people across the country for ice cream firm Wall's saw Scotland and the South West coming behind the West Midlands.

The North East, Yorkshire and the North West were the grumpiest regions.